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Los Angeles LakersVERSUSBoston Celtics

1986-87 · NBA Finals Game 4 · Jun 9, 1987

#1 Los Angeles Lakers vs #1 Boston Celtics

Los Angeles and Boston played another Finals classic with the series balance hanging on a late possession.

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Home starting five
Boston Celtics
StarterDADanny Ainge
StarterDDDarren Daye
StarterDJDennis Johnson
StarterGKGreg Kite

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Los Angeles entered the 1987 Finals determined to beat Boston for a second time in three years and had won the first two games at home. The Celtics answered in Game 3, giving the Garden a chance to pull the series level.

  • The Lakers led 2–1, while Boston was trying to protect home court and avoid a three-games-to-one deficit.
  • Magic Johnson and Larry Bird were meeting in the Finals for the third time, with their championship head-to-head record tied.

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Starter
JSJerry Sichting
Away starting five
Los Angeles Lakers
StarterAGA.C. Green
StarterBSByron Scott
StarterJWJames Worthy
StarterKAKareem Abdul-Jabbar
StarterKRKurt Rambis

The five starters come from each team’s saved NBA box-score order. Exact positions are omitted because this archive does not reliably provide them.